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UNESCO CALLS ON AUTOMAKERS TO KEEP RADIO IN CARS

The United Nations' organization issued an "urgent" statement on World Radio Day

By Nick Langan ⋅


Published: February 14, 2024 ⋅ Updated: August 28, 2024


As part of this year’s World Radio Day celebration, which marked 100 years of
radio, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) called upon the technology and automotive industries to ensure that
radio remains available in cars.

The statement comes as AM radio advocates continue the fight on Capitol Hill to
keep the senior band as a mainstay in electric vehicles and new models, some of
which have already dropped the service.

In a joint statement issued on Feb. 13, UNESCO and a notable contingent of
worldwide broadcast organizations, including AMARC International, the European
Broadcasting Union, the Public Media Alliance and the World Radio Alliance,
urged the design of future automobile models to include broadcast radio.

“Radio has its place in the digital transformation of the information ecosystem,
complementing the internet and digital platforms,” the statement read. “The
evolution of communication technologies should advance people’s right to receive
information and ideas through any media — instead of regressing it.”

UNESCO lauded radio for proving itself as a “crucial medium” in times of crisis,
including when broadband service is unavailable or power is disrupted. Radio was
also highlighted for demonstrating the trust it has with citizens through
“repeated studies” — ranked above television, the internet or social media.

“Radio is a triumph of accessibility, immediacy and intimacy and there’s a
strong public-interest case for protecting it and our access to it,” UNESCO
said.

UNESCO said it believes that the exclusion of radio from vehicles would limit
people’s access to information solely to online platforms. Regardless of how
radio broadcasts are received, via analog or digital means or delivered through
terrestrial over-the-air signals or internet streams, the statement underscores
that “radio in cars should not just be easy to find, it must be impossible to
miss.”



The joint statement concludes by calling upon “governments, regulatory bodies,
the technology and automotive industries, and all members of the global radio
community to put safeguards in place to ensure that radio continues to thrive;
to protect the free and unfettered access radio provides to a plurality of
opinions and to trusted information.”

Read UNESCO’s World Radio Day statement.

[Read more stories about the future of AM radio in cars]

Nick Langan



The author is a content producer and staff writer for Radio World. He is a
lifelong radio enthusiast, with a special interest in long-distance FM signal
reception.

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